Seattle Indivisible will hold its next bi-weekly meeting this Sunday 10/22 from 2-4 PM at Columbia Branch Library, 4721 Rainier Ave S, Seattle. The library is ADA accessible and served by link light rail as well as Metro bus #7.

Almost four weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, 90% of the island’s electrical grid remains out, and almost 100% of Puerto Ricans either have no running water or must boil or treat their water before safely drinking it. Perhaps most worryingly, the island’s health care system, which has never been so critically needed, is barely functioning.

Yet barring immediate action by Congress, funding for Medicaid, a program that at least 40 percent of Puerto Ricans rely on for health care, is about to run out as a result of an arbitrary funding cap set by Congress decades ago. Call our Members of Congress and demand that they support legislation giving Puerto Ricans fair funding for Medicaid, and urge them to act immediately on Puerto Rico’s other vital recovery and reconstruction needs as well.

Action: Ask our Members of Congress to insist on fair funding for Medicaid in Puerto Rico

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“Hello, my name is [name], and I’m calling from [ZIP]. Our fellow Americans in Puerto Rico need far more relief and recovery assistance from the federal government than they have received to date, and they still struggle with past injustices such as the cap on Medicaid funding. I"m asking [NAME] to insist on fair funding for Medicaid in Puerto Rico. I'm also asking [him/her] to support all legislation addressing Puerto Ricans' urgent need for hurricane relief and recovery."